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ASUS to launch a GeForce GTX 980 20th Anniversary Gold Edition

In preparation for festivities, ASUS is not only celebrating their 500 million motherboard accomplishment but they will be celebrating a 125 million graphics cards milestone as well. This along with following a 25th anniversary comes a 20th anniversary in graphics card production.

Microsoft Surface 3 launches with quad-core Atom x7 CPU

Not a popular and trendy thing anymore, but Microsoft launches the Surface 3 and it is powered by a quad-core Atom x7 Z8700 1.6GHz SoC. Staring at 499 USD you'll receive a version with 64GB storage abd 2 GB of system memory. If you cough up 599 USD you'll get a 128GB version with 4GB RAM.

Samsung releases 850 EVO mSATA and M.2.

Samsung released the 850 EVO M.2 and 850 EVO mSATA solid state drive (SSD) lineups. Just one-tenth the weight of a traditional 2.5-inch SSD, the M.2 and mSATA SSDs are ideal for users looking to upgrade their desktop or ultrathin PCs with high-capacity, high-performance storage.

Intel Releases Braswell SOCs for entry level

Silently Intel just injected four new Braswell SOCs into the channel. The models are both dual and quad-core for entry level desktops and laptops, they will be released as Celeron and Pentium processors.

Shaders More Efficient with AMD GCN and DirectX 12

We posted a small article about something that AMD likes to relay, Asynchronous shaders in relation to DirectX 12. Microsofts new API makes it possible to advance the architecture in such a manner that it can occupy and utilize multiple tasks at hand but there is even more efficiency to gain.

STRIKE NX to replace FX gamepad series for PC

SPEEDLINK focuses on in-house creation with its new STRIKE NX gamepad. The new gamepad will replace the very successful STRIKE FX and will be available in both wireless and non-wireless models for PC and Playstation 3. Alongside new technical developments, the gamepad has also been given a totally new look. The model for PC allows users to switch between XInput and DirectInput, meaning new and also older games can be optimally supported and played.

Guru3D Rig of the Month - March 2015

Have a look at the Guru3D rig of the month March 2015, actually let's call it the PC Desk of the Month. A build that comes from Mathieu Heredia. Mathieu made this build all by himself, and all by hand. The craftsmanship and eminence is quite overwhelming really. Every project must have a name, his is called the Watermod Ares III Desk.

AMD prepping Greenland Graphics for 2016

That's right, we still need to see an actual 300 series first of course, but there already is talk and speculation about the successor architecture from AMD, a product which carries the label Greenland. Fact remains though that other than this GPU/IGP codename and the usage of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) the details remain scarce.

Team Group Adds M.2 SSDs to lineup

Team Group announced today the launch of our solid state drive TM4PS4/TM8PS4. This next generation high speed SSD M.2 (also known as the Next Generation Form Factor, NGFF), provides your mobile computing devices an excellent data saving performance with ultra compact size and lightweight for convenient portable use.